Story 4 - episode 5

¿Qué ve en la selva el mono?

Episode 5:

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. Why does it say, "El mono camina por la selva" and not just "El mono camina la selva".

2. What would, "El mono corre por la selva" mean?

3. What would, "El mono no corre por la selva" mean?

4. What would "La selva corre por las montañas" mean? Is it gibberish?

5. What does "niño" mean in the phrase, "el niño gordo"?  How can we remember it?*

6. What does "gordo" mean in the phrase, "el niño gordo"?  How can we remember it?**

*"niño" kind of looks like "nine" and a "9-year old boy" is a child or a kid.

**"gordo" kind of sounds like "gorge" and if you "gorge" yourself on food it might make you "gordo"

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Story 4 - episode 4

¿Por dónde camina el mono?

Episode 4:

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "camina" mean? * Do you have an association to remember it?

2. What does "por" mean? ** Do you have an association to remember it?

3. So what does "El mono camina por la selva" mean?

4. What would the following mean (no matter how silly):

• El mono camina por la selva.
• El león corre por la selva.
• El elefante salta por la selva.
• Los pingüinos caminan por el helado.
• El autobús va por la calle.
• Las personas caminana por la calle.
• La vaca come por las montañas.

*I hear "mean" in "camina". And a "mean" person needs to "walk" away from me.

**"Por" sounds like "pore" and sweat and oil leave your body through your pores.

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Story 4 - episode 3

¿Qué necesita el mono?

Episode 3:

Episode 3 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "sabe" mean? How can we remember it?*

2. How would we say, "He doesn't know".

3. What would the following be in English?

• El mono sabe dónde está el pollo.
• El mono sabe dónde está el elefante azul.
• El mono no sabe dónde está el león.
• El mono no sabe dónde hay leche morada.
• El mono sabe dónde hay plátanos.
• El mono sabe dónde hay una cama.
• El pollo sabe dónde está el mono.
• El pollo no sabe dónde está su familia.

*"Sabe" looks like "saber". And only a jedi "knows" how to use a lightsaber.**

**A lightsaber is a reference to "Star Wars"

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Story 4 - episode 2

¿Por qué no come los plátanos el pollo?

Episode 2:

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "sabe" mean? How can we remember it?*

2. How would we say, "He doesn't know".

3. What would the following be in English?

• El mono sabe hablar mono.
• El pollo no sabe hablar mono.
• El elefante sabe hablar mono.
• El elefante sabe hablar pollo.
• El elefante sabe comer.
• El elefante sabe saltar.
• El elefante no sabe correr.
• Las camas no saben hablar.

3. If "sabe" means "s/he knows", how would I say, "I know" and "You know"

*"Sabe" looks like "saber". And only a jedi "knows" how to use a lightsaber.**

**A lightsaber is a reference to "Star Wars"

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Story 4 - episode 1

¿Por qué está confundido el mono?

Episode 1:

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "ve" mean? How can we remember it?*

2. What would the following translate to in English:

• El mono ve un león rosado.
• El mono no ve un león negro.
• El mono ve que (that) un pingüino azul salta.
• El mono ve que dos pingüinos blancos comen un árbol.
• El mono ve que un león come una familia de pingüinos.
• El coco no ve porque es un coco y los cocos no ven.
• Los plátanos ven un mono y están nerviosos.

3. By now we have learned some different ways to describe emotions/feelings, can you remember them all so far?

• está contento
• está triste
• tiene hambre*
• está confundido
• ¿Cómo estás?
• Estoy triste.

Why is "tiene hambre" different from the others?  What does it actually translate to?

4. What does "¿Qué?" mean in the question, "¿Qué ve el mono?"
What does "que" mean in the phrase "el mono ve que el pollo no come"?  How can we remember the difference between "¿qué...?" and "que"?

*Since the "v" in Spanish at the beginning of a word sounds like "b", "ve" really sounds like "bay" or "bae".  And boys and girls alike want to "see" their bae.

("Bae" in the US, is a term for boyfriend or girlfriend as of late 2014-2015)

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Story 3 - Quizzes

How are you doing so far in the story?

Test your understanding on these QUIZZES!

If they are a little bit difficult for you, feel free to re-watch the story again!  Repetition never hurts when learning a language!

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Story 3 - episode 15

¿El león come al mono y al pollo por fin?

Episode 15:

Episode 15 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. When the monkey says, "Vamos a comer", notice that "vamos a" is like saying, "let's [do something]".  With that in mind, what would the following mean?*

• ¡Vamos a saltar!
• ¡Vamos a correr!
• ¡Vamos a vivir en una casa!
• ¡Vamos a visitar la selva!
• ¡Vamos a volver!
• ¡Vamos a tener un mono!

2. If "va" means "he/she goes" and "vamos" means "we go", what do we add on the end of most verbs to mean "we"?

3. So what would the following mean in English then?

• Saltamos
• Corremos
• Vivimos
• Tenemos
• Queremos
• Vamos
• Volvemos
• le decimos
• nos gusta**

*It literally translates to "we go" or "we are going".  In some it might make more since as, "We're going to ___"

** Notice that "nos gusta" (we like) doesn't follow the formula.

Story 3 - episode 14

¿Qué necesita hacer el mono?

Episode 14:

Episode 14 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. Look at the following phrases:

• El mono y el pollo corren del león.
• El mono necesita saltar en la cama.
• El mono necesita saltar de la cama.
• El elefante salta del árbol.

Why does the third one say "necesita saltar de"?  Why does the fourth one say "salta del árbol"? 

What do you think "de" and "del" mean there?

2. If "necesita saltar de la cama" means "s/he needs to jump off the bed", why does the elephant say , "Necesitas saltar de la cama" to the monkey?  Why is there an "s" on the end of "necesita"?

Story 3 - episode 13

¿Qué necesita hacer el mono?

Episode 13:

Episode 13 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. Look at the following phrases:

• El elefante salta en un árbol.
• El mono y el león saltan en la cama.

Why do you think there is an "n" on after "salta" in the second sentence (hint, look at the part before the verb/action: saltan and compare it to the sentence above it.)

2.What does the elephant mean when he tells the monkey, "Necesitas saltar de la cama"?

3. What would the following mean (Translate no matter how strange):

• Necesitas saltar en el árbol.
• Necesitas saltar en la calle.
• Necesitas saltar en la casa blanca.
• Necesitas correr del león.
• Necesitas correr de los cocos tristes.
• No necesitas tener* hambre.
• No necesitas tener* plátanos marrones.
• No necesitas tener* casas azules y rosadas en una isla.
• Necesitas volver* a la casa en la calle en la selva en la isla.

4. Why does the second verb/action have "r" on the end after the first verb/action in #3? (What do you think that "r" means on the end of the verb/action?)

*'tener" is similar to "tiene" (s/he has) and "volver" is similar to "vuelve" (s/he goes back)

Story 3 - episode 12

¿El mono salta en el león?

Episode 12:

Episode 12 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1.  What do "quiero" (I want) and "tengo" (I have) have in common in Spanish in their spelling?

2. What would the following mean in English, if the "o" at the end usually means "I [do action]" in the present tense in Spanish?

• salto
• corro
• tengo
• vivo
• quiero
• tengo
• me gustan* los cocos
• estoy* contento
• voy* a la casa

3. What would "Tengo un coco negro" mean?

4. What would, "Quiero un coco azul" mean?

5. What would "Salto en un coco marrón" mean?

6. What would, "Corro de un coco rosado" mean?

*Notice that "me gusta" "estoy", and "voy" are exceptions to the rule, which is why we say "normally"

Story 3 - episode 11

¿El elefante corre en un árbol o salta en un árbol?

Episode 11:

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Additional follow-up questions:

1.  What does "árbol" mean? Can you think of a way to remember it?*

2. What does "El elefante salta en un árbol" mean?  

3. What does "El mono y el pollo corren del león" mean?

4. What would "El elefante salta del árbol" mean?

*I remember it because "árbol" looks like "arbor" and in the US, we celebrate "Arbor Day" where people celebrate it by planting trees.

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Story 3 - episode 10

¿Con qué vuelve el elefante?

Episode 10:

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Additional follow-up questions:

1.  How are the phrases "tiene hambre" and "tiene una bomba" similar and different?

2. What does "con" mean in the phrase, "El elefante vuelve a la selva con la cama"?

3. What would the following mean in English (Even if they are silly, translate them):

• El pollo vuelve con la selva a la cama.
• El helado vuelve al pingüino con una montaña.
• El elefante rosado vuelve a la casa con un elefante blanco y negro.
• El mono triste vuelve a la isla con hambre.
• Los pingüinos vuelven a Antártica con mucho helado de chocolate.

Story 3 - episode 9

¿El mono y el pollo corren del elefante azul?

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Additional follow-up questions:

1.  Why does the monkey ask the lion, "Vives" and "estás visitando" instead of "vive" and "está visitando"?  What do you think the "s" on the end means of the actions: "vive" & "está"?

2. Why does the lion respond, "Estoy visitando" instead of "está visitando"?  What would "estoy" mean in that phrase?

3. Why does the lion say, "quiero" in the phrases: "No quiero una conversación" and "quiero comer" instead of "quiere"?  What would "quiero" mean?

4. What does the phrase "corren del" mean?  How can we remember that it has to do with running?*

5. What would the following mean in English (even if the translation is silly):

• Los elefantes corren de la cama.
• Las camas corren de los plátanos.
• Los plátanos corren del mono.
• El helado rosado corre del pingüino marrón en la selva azul.
• Tres monos corren de la calle en la casa blanca.

*I remember that "corren de" means "they run from" or has to do with running because "corren" sounds like "corn" and lots of people often "run" through "corn mazes" in the harvest festival!

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Story 3 - episode 8

¿Por qué necesitan una cama el mono, el pollo y el elefante?

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Additional follow-up questions:

1.  If "necesita" is "he/she needs" and "necesitan" means "they need", what do you think the elephant means when he tells the monkey, "necesitamos"?

2.  What will I see at the end of an action to say "we ___"?

3. What would "Vamos" mean then?

4. When the elephant says, "Vuelvo", why does he say "Vuelvo" and not "vuelve" if "vuelve" means "he/she comes/goes back"?

Story 3 - episode 7

¿Quién tiene un plan excelente?

Episode 7:

Episode 7 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. If "El pollo tiene un plan" means "The chicken has a plan", how would I say, "The chicken doesn't have a plan"?

2. Why does it say in one of the last sentences in the video, "Tienen una cama" instead of "tiene una cama"?  What does that "n" mean at the end of the action?

3. What would the following translate to, remembering what the "n" means on the end of an action:*

• quieren
• necesitan
• tienen
• saltan
• quieren saltar
• viven
• van a la selva
• vuelven
• comen
• le dicen
• están contentos

4. How would I make the above actions negative?  Where would I put the "no"?

*"le gustan" will be an exception to this general rule since it's actually a backwards translation.

Story 3 - episode 6

¿Qué necesitan el mono, el pollo y el elefante en la selva?

Episode 6:

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "necesitan" mean? How can we remember it?*

2. What does "no necesitan" mean?

3. Why do you think that in some of the following sentences "necesita" ends in "n" and in some it doesn't?

• El león necesita comer al mono.
• El mono, el elefante y el pollo necesitan un plan.
• El mono necesita comer los plátanos.
• El pollo necesita escapar del león.
• Tres pingüinos necesitan helado rosado.
• Un pingüino necesita una familia.

4. What do you think the following would mean in English?

• La calle necesita tres casas.
• Los plátanos necesitan una familia.
• La isla necesita muchos cocos.
• El elefante necesita saltar en la cama.
• El pollo necesita amigos.
• La cama no necesita que el elefante salte.

*I remember "necesita(n)" has to do with "needs" because it looks like "necessary" and if something is "necessary", you need it.

Story 3 - episode 5

¿Qué quiere comer el león en la selva?

Episode 5:

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What would "el león quiere comer" mean?

2. What would the following mean in English?

• El león no quiere comer helado azul.
• El león quiere comer dos animales.
• El mono quiere comer los plátanos.
• El mono y el pollo quieren comer los plátanos.
• El mono y el pollo no quieren* comer al elefante.
• El elefante azul no quiere comer los plátanos.
• Los plátanos no quieren* comer animales.

3. How would you say the following in Spanish? (Do your best even if it isn't perfect)

• The lion wants to eat the monkey and the chicken.
• The monkey wants to eat with the chicken.
• The elephant wants to eat the house with the coconuts.
• The white bananas want to eat the pink chicken on the bed.
• The brown beds want to eat coconuts in the beds.

*These end in "n" because more than one person/thing performs the action. The "n" at the end means "they [do something]"

Story 3 - episode 4

¿Cuántos animales en total tienen hambre?

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. Why does the monkey say "tengo hambre" instead of "estoy hambre" if "estoy" means "I am"?

2. How could the chicken have said, "I am hungry too/also" in Spanish?

3. Look at the following examples and see if you can figure out why there is an "n" on the end of "tiene" (*Hint, count the number of people/animals in most of them before the action: tiene)

• El mono tiene hambre.
• El mono y el pollo tienen hambre.
• El elefante tiene un pollo.
• El león tiene hambre.
• El mono tiene dos amigos.
• El elefante y el pollo tienen una cama en la calle.
• El león tiene una familia en la selva.
• Tres animales tienen hambre.
• ¿Tienen hambre cinco animales?

Story 3 - episode 3

¿Adónde vuelve el mono: la isla o la selva?

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "vuelve" mean? How could we remember that it means that?

2. How are "vuelve" and "va a" similar/different in meaning?

3. What would "El elefante blanco vuelve a la casa azul" mean?

4. What would "El elefante rosado vuelve a cuatro casas también" mean?

*I hear the word "well" in "Vuelve".  In some places, people have to dig up a "well" to access water and they always have to go back to the well for more water.

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Story 3 - episode 2

¿Cómo está el pollo en la calle?

Episode 2:

Episode 2 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. How are the phrases "tiene hambre" and "tiene un pollo" similar in Spanish?

       How are they different in meaning?

2. What does "también" mean?

3. What would, "El pollo tiene un elefante también" mean?

4. What would, "La cama tiene dos calles también" mean?

5. What would, "El león tiene una familia también" mean?

6. What would "Me gustan los plátanos también" mean?

Story 3 - episode 1

¿Cómo está el mono marrón en la calle?

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "tiene hambre" mean?  How can we remember that it means that?*

2. If "tiene" actually means "s/he has", what does the phrase "tiene hambre" literally translate to?

3. Why do you think that in Spanish people say that instead of "s/he is hungry"?

4. Do we say, "tiene triste" or "tiene contento" or "está triste" and "está contento"?

5. Which is the normal word we use to say "s/he is [feeling]"?

6. Is "tiene hambre" an exception to that?

7. What would "Un elefante blanco tiene hambre en la selva" mean?

8. What would "Tres leones negros tienen hambre en el restaurante" mean?

9. What would "Una cama azul tiene hambre en la calle negra" mean?

*When I see "Tiene hambre", I see "teen(ager) ham" because hungry teens see ham everywhere.

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story 2 - Quiz!

How are you doing so far in the story?

Test your understanding on this QUIZ!

If it's a little bit difficult for you, feel free to re-watch the story again!  Repetition never hurts when learning a language!

story 2 - episode 12

¿Quién quiere comer los plátanos con el mono marrón?

Episode 12:

Episode 12 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "Quiere comer" mean?

2. What would, "El pollo quiere comer los plátanos con el mono" mean?

3. What would, "Los dos animales quieren comer los plátanos" mean?

4. If "le gusta" means "s/he likes", what do "me gusta" and "te gusta" mean?

5. What would, "Al elefante le gusta vivir en la calle" mean?

6. What would, "Al pollo le gustan las camas" mean?

7. What would the question, "¿Te gustan los cocos negros" mean?

story 2 - episode 11

¿Qué tiene el elefante azul?

Episode 11:

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "tiene" mean in the sentence, "El elefante azul tiene un pollo"?

2. Can you think of an association for "tiene" (s/he has)?*

3. What would, "El pollo tiene cuatro camas" mean?

4. What would, "El pollo blanco tiene cocos" mean?

5. What would, "El pollo negro tiene tres casas" mean?

*One possible association is that "tiene" looks like "ten" because people "have" ten fingers.

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story 2 - episode 10

¿Qué le dice el mono al elefante azul?

Episode 10:

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. Why does the monkey ask the elephant, "¿Cómo estás?"

2. Why does the elephant respond, 'Estoy contento" and not "Estás contento"?

3. How is the question "¿Cómo está el mono" different from the statement, "El mono está triste"?

4. How would I ask, "How is [feeling] the white llama"?

5. How would I ask, "How is [feeling] the black elephant"?

6. How would I ask, "How is [feeling] the lion"?

7. How would I say, "I not am [feeling] happy"?

story 2 - episode 9

¿Qué hay en la calle?

Episode 9:

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. Why do we say, "elefante azul" and not "azul elefante" in Spanish?

2. If "salta" means "s/he jumps" and "saltar" means "to jump", what letter on the end of the action means "to"?

3. What would, "Dos elefantes azules saltan en la cama" mean?

4. What would, "Tres monos marrones saltan en el elefante" mean?

5. What would "Diez camas rosadas tristes saltan en la calle" mean?

6. If "salta" means "s/he jumps", how would you say, "s/he doesn't jump"?

7. If "Hay una llama blanca" means "There is a white llama", how would you say, "There is a white bed"?

8. How can we remember that "salta' means "s/he jumps"?*

* "Salta' reminds me of "assault".  When someone jumps a person in an alley, it is assault.

Have a better association for "salta"?  Does it look like something or sound like something else to you that helps you remember?

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story 2 - episode 8

¿Por qué está triste en las montañas el mono?

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What is the difference between, "¿Por qué" and "porque"?  How will you be able to tell the difference?

2. What does "saltar" mean in the phrase, "El mono no quiere saltar en los plátanos"?

3. What would, "La llama negra quiere saltar en el mono blanco" mean?

4. What would, "La llama negra quiere saltar en el mono blanco" mean?

5. How would I say, "The house doesn't want to jump in the jungle"?

story 2 - episode 5

¿Adónde va el mono?

Episode 5:

Episode 5 with pop-ups:

Additional follow-up questions:

1. What happens to some of the colors when they describe, "la llama"?

• el mono marrón ---- la llama marrón
• el mono rosado ---- la llama rosada
• el mono blanco ---- la llama blanca
• el mono negro ---- la llama negra
• el mono azul ---- la llama azul

2. Why do you think they change like that?

3. Where do the colors (and many descriptions) go in Spanish?

4. How do you ask, "How are you [feeling]?"

5. How would you say, "There is a white llama in the mountains"?

6. How would you say, "There is a black elephant in the house"?

7. How would you say, "There is a pink house on the island?"

story 2 - episode 7

¿Por qué no quiere comer los plátanos con el mono la llama blanca?

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What do "quieres" (you want) and "estás" (you are) have in common?

2. What letter do you think we will add to the end of most actions to say "you"?

3. What would, "Quiere comer los platanos la llama?" mean?

            Is there a word in the question for "does" in Spanish?

4. What would, "¿Quieres comer conmigo?" mean?

5. What would "¿Quiere vivir con un mono?" mean?

6. What would "¿Estás a dieta?" mean?

story 2 - episode 6

¿La llama blanca quiere comer los plátanos con el mono en las montañas?

Episode 6:

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "estoy triste" mean?  How is this similar to / different from "está triste"

2. Why does the monkey say, "estoy triste" and not "está triste"?

3. What would, "Estoy contento" mean?

4. What would, "Estoy en la selva" mean?

5. What would, "Estoy en las montañas" mean?

6. What would, "Estoy a dieta" mean?

story 2 - episode 4

¿El mono quiere comer los plátanos con el león?

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Additional follow-up questions:

1. What does "le gusta" mean in the sentence, "Al mono le gustan los plátanos"?

2. What does "te gusta" mean in the question, "¿Te gusta el helado?"

3. What does "me gusta" mean in the statement, "No me gustan los plátanos"?

4. In the examples below, why does "gusta" sometimes end with "n"?

• Al mono le gustan los plátanos
• Al mono no le gustan los cocos
• Al mono le gusta el helado
• Al mono le gusta la selva
• Al mono no le gusta la isla
• Al león le gustan los monos.
• Al león no le gusta la fruta.